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𝙿𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚊 𝙹𝚞𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗, a 28-year-old world-renowned author, captivated audiences globally with her unparalleled ability to leave readers speechless and spellbound.

With nearly 𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 years of an illustrious career, Prestina-fondly called 𝐽𝑢𝑛𝑒 by close friends-had achieved milestones most could only dream of.

Her journey was nothing short of extraordinary.

She had visited 𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑙𝑦 crime scenes, explored 𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑦-𝑜𝑙𝑑 graves, interviewed 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑘𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑠 and 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑠, and even held conversations with 𝑑𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑠 and a 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑢𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑑 CIA agent.

Her fearless approach to research lent authenticity to her work, making her stories 𝑢𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒.

Her latest release, '𝑯𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏 𝑴𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒔', the first installment in a gripping 𝑝𝑠𝑦𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑜𝑔𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 series, catapulted her to even greater fame.

Within a week or two of its release, the book amassed 1.2 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛 reads on Wattpad and sold over 5 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛 copies worldwide.

As its popularity soared, the 𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑚 industry approached her just two days before her 𝑏𝑖𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑑𝑎𝑦, proposing to adapt the book into an on-screen 𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 series.

By then, Human Minds had reached 4.5 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛 reads on Wattpad and nearly 10 𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑜𝑛 sales in the market.

Despite the whirlwind of media attention and countless interview requests-many prying into her 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 life rather than her work-June radiated ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠.

Her growing success brought some 𝑔𝑒𝑛𝑢𝑖𝑛𝑒 brightness to her face, her 𝑑𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑒𝑠 often accentuating her joyful smiles.

She was especially 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 at the thought of her hard work being transformed into an 𝑜𝑛-𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑛 masterpiece, with actors chosen by her.

Amidst this excitement, her boyfriend of 𝑠𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 years, 𝙰𝚕𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛-known to most as 𝐴𝑙𝑒𝑥-was preparing a 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒-𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 surprise.

He planned to 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑜𝑠𝑒 on her birthday, finally revealing their relationship to the 𝑝𝑢𝑏𝑙𝑖𝑐. While June was aware of the plan to go public, she had 𝑛𝑜 𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑎 about the proposal.

Alex 𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦 prepared every detail to ensure she felt cherished and special on her big day.

As her birthday approached, both June and Alex grew increasingly 𝑎𝑛𝑥𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠-though for very 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 reasons.

Alex knew what the day held, while June was swept up in a mix of 𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 and 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑦.

But on the morning of her birthday, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 13, 2022, everything changed....

June 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑 without a 𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒. Declared 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔, her sudden absence sent 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑤𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑠 through her loved ones and fans alike.

With 𝑛𝑜 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑠 of a 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘-𝑖𝑛 and no evidence to follow, authorities were left with 𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 but 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠.

Alex, however, 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 to stand idle. Driven by 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒 and 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛, he searched 𝑡𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑙𝑦-day and night.

He plastered 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 posters across the city, scoured every possible location, and followed even the 𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑠𝑡 leads. Yet, his efforts 𝑦𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑑 no results.

As days turned to 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑘𝑠 and weeks to 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑠, the world began to 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒 on. Fans who once 𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑒𝑟 shifted their focus to 𝑛𝑒𝑤 authors, and her name gradually 𝑓𝑎𝑑𝑒𝑑 from public consciousness.

Missing posters were covered with new 𝑎𝑑𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠, and articles about her disappearance became 𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑟.

But Alex 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 gave up. A seasoned CIA agent with 𝑢𝑛𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 determination, he clung to ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 even as leads grew 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟.

The 𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 he had planned to present to her became a 𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑎𝑛𝑡 he wore on a 𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑣𝑒𝑟 chain-an unyielding 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 of the love they shared and the 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑒 he still intended to keep.

Little did he know, his wait would become the 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑠𝑡 and most ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 journey of his life.

2ʸᵉᵃʳˢ 8ᵐᵒⁿᵗʰˢ 16ᵈᵃʸˢ
-989 Days.